According to Gopal Sharma, a senior scientist at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), the population of the endangered Gangetic river dolphins was stable along nearly 1,000 km stretch of the Ganga and its two major tributaries, Gandak and Ghaghra.

Sharks have lorded over the world's oceans for some 400 million years, playing a critical role in global food chains. But now, they are very close to extinction as per the latest update of IUCN's Red List of threatened animals and plants.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Thursday launched the 'Asiatic Lion Conservation Project' with an aim to protect and conserve the world's last ranging free population of Asiatic Lion.